Fingers graze a keyboard, poised to play. A trumpet rises to the lips. Drumsticks perch in the air, ready to fall. The improv begins, and this combo of jazz musicians instantly creates a piece of ...

Recent findings in neuroscience provide new evidence that musical creativity is not a static trait but a dynamic process ...

It’s late at night in a smoky 1950s New York City nightclub, and Bird Parker is onstage. You’re mesmerized by the impossibly brilliant music cascading from his horn as you sip your gin—but what can ...

Jazz artist Louis Armstrong once said, "never play a thing the same way twice." Although musical improvisation—composing new passages on the spot—is not unique to jazz, it's perhaps the genre's most ...

Jazz & Improvisation have been important to the musical landscape of University of Delaware for decades. Consisting of big bands, combos, academic classes, and private lessons, the Jazz program has ...

Free jazz versus free improvisation. Are they the same? I submit they are not. Let's take a look at what makes up music. I was taught from the very beginning that music is composed of three parts: 1.

Compared to almost 40 years ago, when I started "learning" jazz, there is an unbelievably HUGE amount of information currently available on the subject. We are deeply indebted to the A,B,C's of jazz ...

Yet “improvisation is not random. It’s not the same as just generating randomness as a form of novelty. It’s actually purposeful, intentional and also very individualized – one jazz person solo is ...